Geography.
Q1. what does winter solstice mean?
Q2. 90 degrees North or South means, we are referring to the : (Latitudes, Longitudes, Flamsteed House , International Date Line)<--- [(Options)Choose one]
Q3. When the Northern hemisphere leans towards the sun, it is the beginning of winter in the Southern hemisphere | Options --> (True, False, Maybe, don't know)
Q4. Is the International date line a straight line, a curved line, parallel line, or is it a curved line? Explain how and why.
O5. What is the Equator?
Answers
on 22nd december the tropic of cancer recieves direct rays of the sun at the south pole tilts toward it. as the unrays fall vertically at the tropic of capricorn(231\2°S) a larger portion of the southern hemisphere gets light. therefore it is a summer in the southern hemisphere wiith longer days and shorter nights . the reverse happens in the northern hemisphere. this position is called the winter solstice
Answer:
Ans1: The winter solstice, also called the hiemal solstice or hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun. This happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere.
Ans2: Longitude
Ans3: True
Ans4: The date line runs from the North Pole to the South Pole through the Pacific Ocean. It is not a straight line, however. The date line curves around several landmasses. For example, it curves around the islands that make up the nation of Kiribati, so that all regions of the country remain on the same day.
Ans5: A equator is the imaginary line which divides the earth into two hemisphere, Northern hemisphere and Southern hemisphere. It is in 0° degree.
Explanation:
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